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When we do the normal single crochet, it works on the top of a stitch. For the front post single crochet and the back post single crochet, it works on the post below the stitch. The pictures below are going to show you how to make the front & back post single crochet:
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Front Post Single Crochet
![](https://www.onezerocrochet.com/wp-content/uploads/Front-Post-sc-001.jpg)
Front side of the circle
**Black dots=Gaps; Pink line=Post
![](https://www.onezerocrochet.com/wp-content/uploads/Front-Post-sc-03.jpg)
Yarn over and pull yarn through the post
![](https://www.onezerocrochet.com/wp-content/uploads/Front-Post-sc-02.jpg)
Insert Hook into the 1st gap from the front to the back and comes back out from the other side of gap of the post
![](https://www.onezerocrochet.com/wp-content/uploads/Front-Post-sc-04.jpg)
Yarn through the loops and form a single crochet
![](https://www.onezerocrochet.com/wp-content/uploads/Front-Post-sc-05-1.jpg)
Back Post Single Crochet
![](https://www.onezerocrochet.com/wp-content/uploads/Back-Post-sc-03.jpg)
Back side of the circle
![](https://www.onezerocrochet.com/wp-content/uploads/Back-Post-sc-04.jpg)
Insert Hook into the 1st gap from the back to the front and comes back out from the other side of gap of the post
Step 3: Yarn over and pull yarn through the post
Step 4: Yarn through the loops and form a single crochet
![](https://www.onezerocrochet.com/wp-content/uploads/Back-Post-sc-05.jpg)